/*
 * Copyright 2009 Jesse McLaughlin (nzjess@gmail.com)
 * 
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * 
 *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 * 
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
package org.travelfusion.xmlclient.xobject;

/**
 * Defines a general-use attribute collection API. This may be used to send, and respond with, arbitrary,
 * implementation-specific attribute string values.
 * <p>
 * These can be used to set up protocols between callers and given components. For an example of this, see
 * {@link org.travelfusion.xmlclient.impl.transport.LoggingTransportInterceptor}.
 * 
 * @author Jesse McLaughlin (nzjess@gmail.com)
 */
public interface XAttributes {

  boolean hasAttribute(String name);

  String getAttribute(String name);

  void setAttribute(String name, String attr);

  void removeAttribute(String name);
}
